Benedict Samuel

Benedict Samuel Biography

Perhaps most notable for his recurring role as Alpha Wolf in AMC’s The Walking Dead. He has also booked notable small screen roles in The Beautiful Lie and Home and Away. In 2015, he was cast in the films The Walk, The Stanford Prison Experiment, and By Way Of Helena. Benedict Samuel (born 15 April 1988) is an Australian actor, writer and director best known for playing Jervis Tetch / Mad Hatter in the Fox crime series Gotham..

He is the middle child between the younger Xavier Samuel and older Bridget Samuel. They were born to parents Maree and Clifford Samuel.

Following his education at NIDA, Samuel began writing and directing a number of short films including Sanctuary which was released in 2012 and starred his brother Xavier Samuel in the leading role. In theatre, he performed in Sex Wars, a production he appeared in during his time at NIDA. He played a part in ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne. In 2011, Benedict appeared on several Australian television series including the mini-series Paper Giants: The Birth of Cleo and the children’s series My Place. He is known for playing the role of Harman “Hammer” Pirovic on Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, for which he appeared for several episodes until his character was killed off in a showdown between Hammer, Charlie Buckton and Darryl Braxton. Benedict also appeared in the short film Kiss. He appeared as Owen, the leader of the Wolves gang, in the American post-apocalyptic zombie series The Walking Dead and as Jacob Harding in the thriller film The Stanford Prison Experiment. In 2016, Samuel was cast as famous Batman villain The Mad Hatter, the main antagonist of the third season of Gotham. He continued to play the character in a recurring capacity during the fourth season, beginning to appear again with the episode “Ace Chemicals” of Season 5.